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'Male football fans told me to get in the kitchen'

"I've had comments made to me online and in person about how I don't belong in football, how I don't belong here and how I need to get back in the kitchen." Chloe Watts says football has "always been in her blood" as she was brought up going to Bristol Rovers games with her dad.

'Male football fans told me to get in the kitchen'
Yahoo Sports — 7 June 2026
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"I've had comments made to me online and in person about how I don't belong in football, how I don't belong here and how I need to get back in the kitchen."

Chloe Watts says football has "always been in her blood" as she was brought up going to Bristol Rovers games with her dad.

But Watts, from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, has experienced her fair share of misogyny at games.

She has now become an ambassador of a campaign against sexism in sport – Her Game Too.

Her Game Too was founded in May 2021 and, while it initially focused on football, it grew to include sports including cricket, rugby, and ice hockey.

Watts, who says she was once touched inappropriately at a cricket game, says "there's still some stigma to get rid of".

One statistic that she says has stuck with her is that 58% of female sports fans have personally experienced sexism in a pub or in a stadium, according to a survey by Her Game Too.

As a result of this sexism, some pubs have become Her Game Too pubs.

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"I've had comments made to me online and in person about how I don't belong in football, how I don't belong here and how I need to get back in the kitchen."
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